Evan Smith Editor-in-Chief, CEO

Evan Smith is the Editor in Chief and CEO of The Texas Tribune, a non-profit, non-partisan digital news organization based in Austin. The Tribune's deep coverage of Texas politics and public policy can found at its website, texastribune.org; in the pages of the New York Times; and in newspapers and on TV and radio stations across the state. In not quite four years in operation, the Tribune has won four Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association, a Sigma Delta Chi award for excellence in journalism from the Society of Professional Journalists, a general excellence award from the Online News Association and a Knight-Batten award for innovations in journalism. Before co-founding the Tribune, Evan spent nearly 18 years at Texas Monthly, including eight years as Editor and a year as President and Editor in Chief. On his watch, Texas Monthly twice won the National Magazine Award for General Excellence. For eight years, Evan hosted the Lone Star Emmy Award-winning weekly interview program Texas Monthly Talks, which aired on PBS stations statewide. He currently hosts Overheard with Evan Smith, airing on PBS stations nationally. A New York native, he has a bachelor's degree in public policy from Hamilton College and a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University.

esmith@texastribune.org
512-716-8610

Recent Contributions

TribWeek: Top Texas News for the Week of 5/6/13

Enlarge graphic by: Todd Wiseman

Aaronson on Medicaid expansion's dim prospects, Aguilar on Ted Cruz and immigration reform, Batheja and Rocha on President Obama's visit to Austin, Galbraith on the sharp drop in groundwater levels, Hamilton on the latest plans for a South Texas medical school, Murphy's map of ammonium nitrate storage facilities in Texas, Ramsey and Swicegood on bills that are dead or comatose, Ramshaw and Root on the tobacco tax, Root on how to avoid a special session and my sit-down with three Tea Party freshmen: The best of our best content from May 6-10, 2013.

Evan’s Blog Posts

T-Squared: Coming Soon, a Border Bureau
T-Squared: Our Spring Membership Drive
T-Squared: The 3rd Annual Texas Tribune Festival
T-Squared: Going With the Flow
T-Squared: A Great Collaborator

Evan’s Favorite Websites

Evan’s Wire

Perry’s veto of Blue Mound water bill angers spons
Sen. Cornyn Reveals Not One, Not Two, But Three Pu
Sarah Palin to Hill: ‘Don’t stifle’ Ted Cruz
In tea party era, it’s tough to maintain party dis
Texas Goes Sacramento
Arizona’s Jan Brewer becomes unlikely ally of Obam
Can Obama's Organizing Army Take Texas?
Texas Redistricting Fight Shows Why Voting Rights
In praise of Rick Perry’s poaching
Ted Cruz is going all in against immigration refor